Pairing success relative to male plumage redness and pigment symmetry in the house finch: Temporal and geographic constancy

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-53

  Hill, Geoffrey E ^a   Nolan, Paul M ^a   Stoehr, Andrew M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Carpodacus mexicanus; Fluctuating asymmetry; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032905335     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.1.48     Document Type: Article

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